The Rev. Roy D. Phillips

The Rev. Roy D. Phillips, 66, died of a heart attack April 24, 2008, while visiting family in Morocco. He had survived pancreatic cancer for nearly five years. Roy was ordained and installed in 1967 at what was then the UU Church of Racine and Kenosha in Racine, Wisconsin where he served until 1971, when he began his service to the Unity Church-Unitarian in St. Paul, Minnesota. The congregation named him minister emeritus 27 years later. He then served as interim minister in Cleveland, Ohio, and Pensacola and Valparaiso, Florida, before being called to the UU Church of Tucson, AZ from which he retired in 2004. He is survived by his life partner, Patricia Harmon of Tucson.